Improvement in churns



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TO ALL WHOM IT` MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, JAMES DAvIEs, of Mazomania, in the county of Dane, and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful, improvements in Churns; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part of this specification, and to the letters of referencev marked' thereon, like letters indica-ting like parts wherever they occur. y

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention, I will proceed to describe it. My invention consists. in a. novel arrangement of devices for breaking upthe globules or sacs containing f theV particles of butter, and then gathering the same into a mass.

Figure 1 is a transverse vertical section.

Figure 2 is an end elevation.

I construct the body of my churn in the form of an oblong box, with a curved bottom, th`e end pieces forming the feet also for support-ing it. To this I apply a hinged cover; and on this cover Ilocate a similar box or hopper, C, with a funnel-shaped opening at its top, and having an `opening at the bottom, connecting it with the interior of the churn, as shown in iig. 1. Longitudinally across this opening I arrange a series of parallel wires o, forming a grating. IThe interior of this upper box `C is made circular inform, as shown in iig. 1, and in its interior I place a Hutter-wheel, consisting of a shaft with four radial arms f, between which I extend a series of wires or small rods, c, parallel with the shaft, as shown in fig. 1. I also provide the shaft of the Hutter-wheel with a series of radial wires or rods, as shown, thus forming a Wheel, which, when rapidly revolved, will break up the globules in a most eiiicient manner. Within the body of the churn I place'a shaft, B, to which isattached a series of radial arms, b, having their cuter ends provided with'an enlarged iiat head with a hole, e, in its centre; the body of the arms bbeing bevelled, asv represented-in Figure 3, on one side. To the endof the shaft B, outside of the churn, a pulley, G, is attached, and also a pinion, H, into which latter a wheel, I, gears; this wheel I being providedwith a crank, L, for imparting motion. From the pulley G a cord extends up, and passes around a small pulley, E, attached to the end of the shaft of theV flutter-wheel. The shaft of the Butter-wheel, at the end where the pulley'E is attached, has its bearing on 'a lever, u, piv'otcd at z to the end of the box, as shown in g. 2. 'A button, h, is so arranged v"as to shut over the outer end of this lever u, and byfthus keeping its outer end depressed, raise the oppositeend and keep the cord F taut. When thus arranged, by turning the crank L, both wheels or flashers will be revolved; that in the box or compartment C being rotated very rap'idly. Whenever the button z is turned so as to release the outer end of the lever u, its inner end will'be depressed, by which means the cord F will be loosened so as to permit-the flu`tter-wheel to remain stationary, while .the dasher in the lower box continues to rotate. The box C is divided longitudinally through itsheen-tre, and lprovided with hinges on one side, so that it may loe-opened for removing the wheel whenever desired, for cleaning or other purposes.

The operation is asi'follows: The cream or milk is poured through thehopper or funnel D, on to the Hutterwheel, which instantly beats and breaks up the globules or sacs, thereby liberating the particles of* butter, which with the buttermilk falls into the box below, where the arms b of the dasher soon gather the particles into a mass, separating the butter from the milk. As soon as the cream has all passed through the upper box, the lever is released, and the flutter-wheel stopped, while thedasher is continued in motion as long as may be necessary to gather the butter. By these means I secure all the butter in an exceedingly 'brief period of time. l l

Having thus describedmy invention, what I claim, is-

1. The' flutter-wheel, constructed -as described, and arranged in the box C, on .top of the main churn, with'the grated opening at its bottom, as set forth.

2. The pivoted lever u, arranged to form the outer bearing for the .sha-ft of the Hutter-wheel, so that by releasing said lever the band-may be loosened and the wheel stopped, independent of the main dasher, as described. I i

3. In combination with 'the ribs n, secured tothe inner wall of the churn, I lclaim the revolving dasher B,

having its arms constructed of triangular bars b, with the rectangular perforated enlargement at their outer ends, as described.

. JAMES DAVIES.

Witnesses:

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